Arsenal’s Emirates Stadium is offering walk-in Covid-19 vaccine jabs three weeks post first dose, despite official guidance preferring eight weeks between first and second dose.
On 14 May, the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation recommended that the second dose interval be brought forward
from 12 to 8 weeks for people in priority cohorts 1-9 who have yet to receive their second dose.
Stewards and doctor on site have said anyone can get their second dose of the Pfizer vaccine 21 days post their first dose.
The dose offered at Arsenal’s stadium is five weeks earlier than official advice.
Arsenal Emirates Stadium are now offering 2nd vaccinations to people 21+ days after their first jab. Pfizer only I think. No appointment needed.
Seems a slick operation and a lot of younger people turning up.
— Joe Pike (@joepike) June 28, 2021
Data from the ONS shows the age group with the highest number of new infections in London is 25-29-year-olds.
The age group with the lowest number of new infections in London is 85-89-year-olds.
How many people in London have been vaccinated?
According to data from Public Health England and the ONS, 5,203,813 people in London have received the first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine and 3,384,068 had received two doses.
The latest figures show the daily number of new people testing positive for Covid-19 in London is 1,493, which brings the total to 756,069 in London.
What are the vaccine priority groups?
1 Residents in a care home for older adults and staff working in care homes for older adults
2 All those 80 years of age and over and frontline health and social care workers
3 All those 75 years of age and over
4 All those 70 years of age and over and clinically extremely vulnerable individuals
5 All those 65 years of age and over
6 Adults aged 16 to 65 years in an at-risk group
7 All those 60 years of age and over
8 All those 55 years of age and over
9 All those 50 years of age and over
10 Rest of the population
